{"id":468,"date":"2022-09-18T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T12:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=468"},"modified":"2024-09-27T18:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T17:38:48","slug":"sony-playstation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"Sony PlayStation 2: The Best-Selling Console of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The PlayStation 2 (PS2) quickly became a dominant force in the gaming industry, offering a huge library of titles and DVD playback capabilities. With standout games like <em>Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas<\/em>, <em>Final Fantasy X<\/em>, and <em>Metal Gear Solid 2<\/em>, the PS2 earned its place as the best-selling console of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hardware Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Processor<\/strong>: 294 MHz Emotion Engine (custom 128-bit CPU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graphics<\/strong>: 147 MHz Graphics Synthesizer, capable of handling 66 million polygons per second<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memory<\/strong>: 32 MB of RDRAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage<\/strong>: CD-ROM and DVD-ROM (4.7 GB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audio<\/strong>: 48-channel ADPCM audio with 48 kHz sample rate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connectivity<\/strong>: Two controller ports, two memory card slots, USB ports, optional network adapter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Video Output<\/strong>: Supports 480i and 480p resolution via component cable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Release Date:<\/strong> 24th November 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discontinued:<\/strong> 4th January 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (New in 2000):<\/strong> \u00a3299.99<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (In 2024 Price):<\/strong> \u00a3525<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modifications I have performed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for computer \u00a320.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for repairs and upgrades \u00a30.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PlayStation 2 (PS2) quickly became a dominant force in the gaming industry, offering a huge library of titles and DVD playback capabilities. With standout games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Final Fantasy X, and Metal Gear Solid 2, the PS2 earned its place as the best-selling console of all time. Hardware Specifications Processor: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions\/780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}